Rasheed v. Winston ( 2010 )

FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT /Jet: ~ ~ 2010
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Clerk, U.S. Dlstnct & Bankruptcy
Courts for the District of Columbia
Ahmad Rasheed, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 10 2088
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Rhonda Reid Winston et at., )
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Defendants. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff s pro se complaint and application to proceed
in forma pauperis. The Court will grant plaintiffs application and dismiss the complaint for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
Plaintiff is a resident of Macon, Georgia. He sues Judge Rhonda Reid Winston of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, who presided over an action in the Probate Division
pertaining to the care of plaintiff s 1OO-year-old mother. In addition, plaintiff lists as defendants
other participants of the probate proceedings, including individuals apparently having power of
attorney over his mother's finances. In essence, plaintiff is challenging Judge Winston's order
dismissing his and his sister's "Petition for General Proceeding" and enjoining them from filing
another such petition without court approval. See Compl. Attachment (Order of Oct. 28, 2010).
The federal district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to review the decisions of
another court. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332 (general jurisdictional provisions); Fleming v.
United States, 847 F. Supp. 170, 172 (D.D.C. 1994), cert. denied 513 U.S. 1150 (1995).
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Plaintiff s recourse lies, if at all, in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. A separate Order
of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
Date: December" , 2010 United States District Judge
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